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A world-renowned green chemist is coming to McGill University and he will be bringing a Canada Excellence Research Chair and up to $20 million in funding for his cutting edge research into sustainable biomaterials.

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On the surface, there didn’t seem to be much of a story there — Mark Weightman going from chief operating officer to chief executive officer and president of the Alouettes, the appointment announced Tuesday afternoon at a downtown Montreal health club. Ho-hum. At least it gets the Canadian Football League team’s name in the newspapers and on television while we await word on whether Jim Popp will remain as head coach along with the future of quarterback Anthony Calvillo.

Federal officials scrambled behind closed doors in January over the safety of the crumbling Champlain Bridge, concerned about “alarming” language in a structural analysis that they hoped to keep secret.

He was once selected first overall in the Canadian Football League draft and spent nine seasons playing running back for the Alouettes. Larry Smith has a degree in law and has been a successful businessman. He has served as commissioner of the CFL, president of the Alouettes and publisher of The Gazette.

The much-vaunted Bloc Québécois electoral machine, which dominated federal politics in Quebec for nearly two decades, stalled last night as a New Democratic Party tidal wave flooded the province, taking seats from the Bloc, the Conservatives and the Liberals.

After seven years on the sidelines in Ottawa, Montreal needs to be back in the halls of power, Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper said Wednesday. In his first campaign stop in Montreal, Harper told cheering supporters that it’s time to forget about the Liberals, Bloc Québécois and New Democratic parties because Canada and his government need Quebec and Montreal back in a big way.

As expected, Trestman, the Alouettes’ head coach, was named the league’s coach of the year for 2009 and presented with the Annis Stukus Trophy on Friday, as the CFL’s annual three-day Congress concluded at Edmonton. The voting was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada, although no breakdown of Trestman’s margin of victory was provided.

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